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nbcnews.com | Scott Stump
When Dwyane Wade was the most “scared” he’s ever been in his life, there was one person he wanted by his side. The retired Miami Heat legend opened up to Hoda Kotb on the April 23 episode of her “Making Space” podcast about choosing the one family member he was allowed to have with him before he underwent surgery for kidney cancer in 2023. “I chose my dad,” Wade said. “He’s the guy, for me. He’s always been.
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nbcnews.com | Joe Murphy
/ Updated Most internal promotions don’t get this much attention. Most job selection processes don’t have centuries of history behind them — and few, if any, have a special name. But then, most job selections don’t end with a new pope. Catholic cardinals from around the world are converging on Vatican City in advance of the conclave that will elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.
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nbcnews.com | Laura Strickler |Ted Oberg
Three days beforeDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's handbag was stolen while she dined out at a Washington restaurant, another woman eating with her own family at a nearby eatery had her purse taken in a similar manner, records show. NBC News discovered the similarities in the two incidents after requesting reports of thefts in the neighborhood from the DC Metropolitan Police Department.
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nbcnews.com | Rebeccah Glaser |Veronica Fulton |Kyani Reid
The disappearance of Washington state teenager Esmerelda “Kit” Mora raises more questions than answers. And among those many questions are two that Kit’s older sister, Charlotte Reckard, keeps asking. “I want to know what the hell happened,” Charlotte told Dateline. “I want to know where Kit is.” “You could never be mad at Kit,” Charlotte said. “They’re very smiley, very happy.” The 16-year-old is creative and loves art. “Art was one of their main hobbies. Other hobbies were writing, reading.
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nbcnews.com | Laura Strickler
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nbcnews.com | Evan Bush |Maggie Vespa |Samira Puskar |Kathryn Prociv
By , and The National Weather Service’s reduction in weather balloon launches left forecasters on shaky ground last week as the central U.S. got hammered with hail and tornadoes, outside meteorologists told NBC News. Severe storms brought dozens of tornadoes to the central U.S. starting Thursday, snarling Easter weekend travel. Twisters were reported in Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska, and the storm system brought several inches of snow to parts of Colorado and baseball-sized hail to Wisconsin.
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nbcnews.com | Michelle Rostamian
As someone who tests beauty products for a living, I’ve tried to become more mindful of the ingredients I put on my body in the name of healthy skin. While it’s been relatively seamless finding an aluminum-free yet still efficacious alternative for things like facial cleanser and body lotion, one product type I have yet to find an effective replacement for is deodorant. I’m a fitness enthusiast and not one to mess around with deodorant.
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nbcnews.com | Chantal Da Silva
To the world, he was Pope Francis, leader of the planet's 1.4 billion Catholics. To parishioners at the Holy Family Church in Gaza, the late pontiff was a "shield" who fought to provide succor to their tiny community in the besieged Palestinian enclave. “He was a real father to us,” George Antone, a parishioner in the enclave's only Catholic church, told NBC News' crew in Gaza. “Pope Francis was like a shield for the Christians in the enclave.
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nbcnews.com | David K. Li |Andrew Blankstein |Lilia Wood |Austin Mullen
A woman accused Pro Football Hall of Famer and podcaster Shannon Sharpe of sexually assaulting and battering her and using his fame to "manipulate, control, subjugate and violate women," in a Nevada lawsuit filed Sunday. The woman said she was 19 years old in 2023 when she first met Sharpe, 56, in a Los Angeles gym, leading to a "rocky consensual relationship" of nearly two years in which he was frequently "aggressive" and raped her, the civil complaint, filed in Clark County, alleges.
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nbcnews.com | Dan Stamm
By Philadelphia Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown is open to striking a deal with whoever stole his car. Brown, in a now-deleted post on his Instagram Stories and X on Monday, said the thief arrived at 3:42 a.m. and had the car stolen by 3:45 a.m. He asked whoever took the vehicle to return it before he pressed charges. “Dear Philly — to whoever stole my car last night, I’ll make a deal with you….